 But (laves we are, and labour on another man's plantation : we drefs the vineyard, but the wine is the owner's : if the foil be fometimes barren, then we are fure of being fcourged : if it be fruitful, and our care fucceeds, we are not thanked ; for the...  Henriade: An Epick Poem. In Ten Canto's - Page xxviby Voltaire - 1732 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1721 - 456 pages
...) But Slaves we are, and labour on another Man's Plantation ; we •drefs the Vineyard, but theWine is the Owners: If the Soil be fometimes Barren, then we are fure of 'being fcodrg'd : If it be fruitful, and our Care fucceeds, we are not thank 'd ; -for the proud Reader will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 412 pages
...facred, as that one iota muft not be added or diminifhed, on pain of an anathema). But (laves we are, and labour on another man's plantation : we drefs the vineyard, but the wine is the owner's : if the foil be fometimes barren, then we are fure of being fcourged : if it be fruitful,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...facred, as that one iota muft not be added or diminifhed, on pain of an anathema). But flaves we are, and labour on another man's plantation: we drefs the vineyard, but the wine is the owner's : if the foil be fometimes barren, then we are fure of being fcourged : if it be fruitful,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...facred, as that one iota muft not be added or diminiihed, on pain of an anathema). But (laves we are, and labour on another man's plantation : we drefs the vineyard, but the wine is the owner's : if the foil be fometimes barren, then \ve arc fure of being fcourged : if it be fruitful,... | |
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